To everyone who ever derived any pleasure from The Spoiler, thanks for laughing at our jokes, but in case you’re dropping back in the hope we’ve miraculously sprung to life again, we haven’t. And we won’t.

This guy definitely wasn’t only there for the sing song…

Player: Federico Balzaretti Andres Iniesta and Andrea Pirlo were drenched in adulation, but The Spoiler’s inherent contrariness forces us to adulate a less lauded soul. This summer was Balzaretti’s turn. Domenico Criscito getting smeared by the match-fixing scandal and a swift shift back to 4-3-1-2 gave Balzaretti an unexpected opportunity and our hero seized it [...]

Man City boss has joyous news for the people of Italy and Portugal

Roberto Mancini was easily the most entertaining man in the Premier League over the final two months of the season (yes, even flying clear of Mario Balotelli) as he brought out a box of mind games that this country had never seen before.

Little did we ignorant Brits know that in addition to the tried-and-tested [...]

Contrary to expectation, the Liverpool bunch weren’t responsible

A wise man once said that it is impossible to quantify a player’s worth with an arbitrary and slightly suffocating mark out of ten. The Spoiler wasn’t listening during that sermon though sadly, so here are our ratings for England’s Euro 2012 target-meeters…

Ex-Chelsea boss confused by the concept of an interview process

The Spoiler won’t tackle the logistics of how one resigns from talks as Barney Ronay has nailed that on Twitter, but there is much to find fascinating about Andre Villas-Boas’ alleged anger at being told Tottenham were discussing their vacancy with other candidates.

So if Italian clubs are rubbish and Spain’s aren’t keen that leaves…

The Spoiler is often reluctant to direct its daggers at Arsene Wenger when he errs as there is so much to admire about him, but if he wants to go poking his tongue out at our favourite league then a line has clearly been crossed.